Late yesterday afternoon, supporters of the initiative to raise the minimum wage submitted their closing arguments in writing in the challenge brought by the Arizona Restaurant Assn that aims to toss the initiative from the ballot.

Summit Consulting Group, a political consulting firm with ties to Arizona Public Service, is paying Sign Here Petitions to collect survey signatures, but only on the condition that signature gatherers sign a non-compete clause, promising not to work on SolarCity’s initiative.

The Senate approved a massive rewrite of Arizona’s campaign finance laws over Democratic opposition on both the substance of the bill and what they said was a total disregard by the Secretary of State’s Office about their concerns.